President Donald Trump has picked one of the militaryâs leading warrior-scholars to restore order to the National Security Council — but also one who has staked out a decidedly more hawkish position on Russia and gone out of his way to assert that the war against terrorism must not morph into a war against Islam. Lt. Gen. H.R....

An increasing number of British peopleÂ say the state of the economy is the most important issueÂ affecting confidence in the U.K., according to a consumerÂ survey. Some 28 percent of those polled namedÂ the economy as one of their top two concerns at the end of 2016, up from 12 percent in 2015, according to theÂ Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer...

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev told a panel discussion at the Feb. 18 Munich Security Conference that it is important to build reliable and friendly relations between the countries of Central Asia and Eurasia...

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Last month the Almaty-based Institute of World Economics and Politics presented a new book by Talgat Zhumagulov, a Kazakh diplomat, which describes the activities of the nation’s foreign service during the historic chairmanship of the Organisation...

The Kremlin dismissed a Ukrainian peace plan created by a pro-Russia Ukrainian lawmaker and given to the White House, calling the plan’s provision on Crimea “absurd.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

The gut-churning bass of artillery rockets dispels the myth that a cease-fire is holding in eastern Ukraine, two years after the Minsk 2 agreement between Russian-backed separatists and pro-government forces was signed. At least 30 civilians died when the fighting escalated again in January, following what the government in Kiev described as an...